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The House of Representatives has approved a resolution supporting the removal of the trade embargo on Cuba by the United States. The vote was timely, as it came only a day before the United Nations' General Assembly voted for the 18th year in a row to condemn the 47-year embargo. The UN draft resolution was passed by a vote of...

Legendary musician Cecil 'Sonny' Bradshaw was given a musical farewell in London England on Tuesday (Oct. 27), with artistes from around the world who worked, studied or were inspired by Mr. Bradshaw, paying tribute to him in music, song and dance. The thanksgiving service was held at the Gants Hill Methodist Church, near Ilford, East London, where Mr. Bradshaw lived...

The Embassy of Jamaica in Washington in the United States has honoured two organisations and three individuals for their outstanding contribution to Jamaican communities in the Maryland and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. At the first National Heroes Day reception and awards ceremony hosted by the Embassy on October 21, the Jamaica Association of Maryland was awarded for more than 20...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is to benefit from an injection of €165 million (Euros), or close to J$22 billion, in funding from the European Commission as part of its ongoing support for regional integration. This was disclosed by Head of Section of the Delegation of the European Commission (EC) to Jamaica, Helen Jenkinson, who told JIS News that the principal...

Jamaican students are being urged to see the implementation of a Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) as a bold new frontier, to help develop it and take advantage of the lucrative multi-trillion dollar Americas market it can open up. The challenge came from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, when...

Areas in which Jamaica could benefit from cooperation with the United States (US) National Aviary were explored during a recent visit to the facility by Ambassador to Washington, Anthony Johnson. Ambassador Johnson, in talks with Executive Director of the Pennsylvania-based facility, Patrick Mangus, indicated that the Jamaican Government was in the process of upgrading and restoring the country's public gardens,...

Jamaica's first National Hero, The Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, has received major hemispheric recognition with the Organisation of American States (OAS) in Washington D.C. in the USA re-naming its Hall of Culture in his honour. The Marcus Garvey Hall of Culture, located on the first floor of the historic main building of the OAS headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C.,...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, will on Thursday (Oct. 22) address Jamaican diplomats and technocrats at a planning meeting in preparation for the formal submission of a report to the 15th Conference of the parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7- 9. The planning meeting,...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Anthony Johnson, has lauded the Washington, D.C-based Women At Real Risk (WARR), for its outstanding contribution to the fight against breast cancer in Jamaica and for its annual health mission to the island. "I wish to laud the efforts that WARR has placed on informing women at risk, providing effective screening options...

The arrangement skills of noted floral designer, Mrs. Marigold Harding, were on display at a show staged by the Washington chapter of the World Association of Flower Arrangers (WAFA), at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel on October 17, in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Harding represented Jamaica in the Class Two category, which featured the Grand Canyon. In an interview with JIS News,...

Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) came together on October 17, to pay tribute to the late Lady Bustamante, at a special Hour of Reflection and Thanksgiving, organised by the Jamaican High Commission, in London. Lady Bustamante, who was the wife of National Hero, The Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, died on July 25. Chairman of the UK based Bustamante...

Visual and Performing Arts Jamaica (VPAJ) opened a weeklong exhibition of Jamaican art and books, at the Jamaican High Commission, in London, yesterday (October 15). Chairman of the company, Ms. Sharon-Fox Mould, said would be a major market penetration venture, aimed at making the cluster self-sustaining. "This trip is actually a marketing penetration venture, so that we can get some...